Roofing nail



Dec. 1924- 1,520,751

H. H. HONIGBAUM ROOFING NAIL Filed Feb. 20, 1922 [N VEN TOR.

f/ar/y fi. 170/7962 B ATTOR E Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

UNITED STATES r HARRY H. HONIGIBAUM, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

ROOFING NAIL.

Application filed February 20, 1922. Serial No. 537,773.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY H. HONIGBAUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond Hill, in the county of Queens and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Roofing Nail, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is a nail adapted to be used in the laying of roofing andwhile particularly intended for use with composition strip shingles maybe employed to advantage in the laying of individual compositionshingles.

Composition shingles which are usually made with felt as a base,impregnated with asphaltum or pitch, as well as composition shinglesotherwise constructed, are found in practice, when laid in strip orindividual form, to have a tendency to curl or roll at their free edges,with the result that a very unsightly appearance results, and, moreover,a roof on which the shingles have curled perceptibly is very apt to beleaky.

The object of the present invention is to provide a roofing nail whichwill positively preclude curling of composition shingles.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a roofing nailwhich will serve to accurately space successive courses of shingles andso obviate the necessity of using chalk lines, straight edges or otheradjuncts for procuring proper alinement and correct spacing ofsuccessive courses of shingles on a roof.

The nail of the present invention embodies one or more shingles adaptedto be driven into the boards of the roof and with this shingle orshingles is formed integral one or more arms provided at its or theirends with a hooked shaped keeper terminating in a relatively sharppoint. The nails are adapted to be driven into a course of roofingalready laid for the purpose of holding this course in position and thehook shaped keepers thereupon provide guide means for the shingles ofthe next course, the free edges of which shingles are adapted to beintroduced into the hook shaped keepers to automatically give the properspacing and alinement. The sharp points of the keepers are adapted togrip the shingles adjacent their weather edges and if desired may behammered down into firm engagement with such edges. When the weatheredges of successive courses of shingles are gripped by the keepers ofthe roofing nails, these edges will be held down firmly to the roof andwill be precluded from curling or lifting in the manner so common tocomposition shingles as now laid.

The nails will be entirely concealed except the keeper portions thereof,which are of such relatively small size as not to be objectionablyapparent. Composition shingles are made in different colors and, inpractice, nails for laying shingles for the respective colors may bedipped in coloring material, corresponding to such colors for laying theroof in the manner described, in which case the nails will not bevisible.

F eatures of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparentfrom the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate different practical embodiments ofthe invention, but the constructions therein shown, are to be understoodas illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 shows in perspective a roofing nail embodying thepresentinvention.

Figure 2 shows a modified form of roofing nail embodying the invention;and,

Figure 3 shows in perspective a third modified form of the presentinvention, associated with a plurality of courses of strip shingles.

In Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, I have shown one form of whichthe present invention may partake. In the embodiment of the invention asillustrated in Figure 2, the nail is provided with two parallel shingles1, each of which has its individual head 2. The heads are connectedbymeans of an integral web or strip 3 and in perpendicular relation to thestrip 3 and extending laterally from each head 2 is an arm 4. The twoarms 4 are shown as parallel to one another, although they may be inangular relation without departing from the invention. Each arm 4terminates in an upward curl 5, which ends in a relatively sharp point6. The curls 5 constitute keepers in which the weather edge of a shingleis adapted to be positioned in such manner that the sharp points 6 willbe impressed into the shingle.

In Figure 1, I have shown a shingle in phantom and designated it 7. Thisshingle may constitute a single or individual composition shingle or maybe one section of a composition strip shingle.- In either event, theshingles are laid by driving the nail into the roof preferably throughthe shingles of a preceding course and may be employed to hold theshingles of such preceding course in position. In the driving of suchnail, it is so placed that after the course which a plurality of suchnails serve to hold in position has been laid, all of the keepers of thenails of that course will come into substantial alinement and will forma guide to the laying of the next course of shingles. The shingles ofsuch next course may be brought into a position wherein their weatheredges will engage with the keepers 5 and said shingles may then benailed down by nails similar to those described, so as to provide meansfor alining and positioning the next subsequent course. The nails may beso arranged that both keepers will engage with the same shingle orportion of a strip shingle or they may. respectively engage withadjacent shingles. In any event, the keepers will positively serve tohold down the weather edge of the shingles against curling as thepointed ends 6 of the keepers will be impressed into the shinglesadjacent the Weather edges and positively preclude curling. If desired,the keepers may be hammered down to grip the shingles tightly after theyhave been laid in the manner described.

Figure 2 illustrates a modified form of the invention, wherein the nailis provided with only one shingle 1, one head 2, one arm P and onekeeper 5. The manner of applyin ,the nail of Figure 2 is the same asthat e'scribed with reference to the construction of Figure 1. In Figure2, a shingle is shown in phantom in operative relation with the nail andis desi nated 7 In Figure 3, I have il ustrated a further modified formof the invention, wherein the nail is provided with a single shingle 1",integral with two diverging arms 4", each of which is provided at itsends with an integral keeper 5*. In Figure 3, one method of applying themodified form of nail just described is illustrated in connection withits use in laying strip shingles. Only a few of the nails are shown inFigure 3, just sufficient in fact to illustrate the manner in which thenails serve to aline the shingles of successive courses. In practice,one of the nails may be associated with each shingle sectionto maintainit against curl- In the nail; of Figure 3, the keepers 5 are-providedwith the sharp points to grip the shingles in the same manner as in thetwo constructions hereinbefore described.

I have hereinbefore referred to the use of the nail of this invention inproducing perfect alinement and spacing and successive'shingles. Figure3 clearly shows how this is possible. "'In driving the nail, the workmenmay readily space the keepers with respect to the cut outs betweensuccessive projections of the strip shingle in such manner that thekeepers will come substantially in line with the butt ends of the slots.WVith very little skill, this can be readily accom-. plished withexpedition, so as to not unduly retard 01' slow down the work. Whenshinglesare thus laid, the successive courses will be accurately andautomatically spaced and the shingles will, moreover, be held down moretightly than has heretofore been possible. Composition shingles areusuall made in different colors and, in practice, I may dip the nails incolors, so that they will harmonize with the shingles on which they areintended for use. The keepers are made relatively small, so as not toappear unsightly or to be apparent to the casual observer and whencolored in the manner described they will be absolutely invisible.

Although the nail of the present invention may be provided with a smoothshank I preferably form on the shanks interval spurs or prongs 7 whichproject outwardly from the shanks and at acute angles thereto in thedirection of the head. These prongs or spurs taper to sharp points sothat after the nail has been driven any tendency on the part of theshank to work loose will be overcome by the rongs which will dig intothe wood into which the nail has been driven and keep it from workingloose. The positioning of the prongs at acute angles to the shankenables the nails to be driven with case but effectually precludesinadvertent retrograde movement of the shanks.

In the foregoing description, Ihave set forth several embodiments of theinvention.

same for all the embodiments illustrated and I do not limit theinvention to the specific structures shown, since I am aware that slightmodification may be made in details of construction, as by thesubstitution of equivalents, without departing from the invention, whichis to be understood as broadly novel as is commensurate with theappended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I: claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A roofing nail embodying aplurality of parallel shanks, a head associated with each shank a webconnecting adjacent heads and integral therewith for maintaining theshanks in parallel relation, arms extending in parallel relation fromthe respective heads and in substantially perpendicular relation to therespective shanks, and a curled keeper integral with each arm andterminating in a relatively sharp point,

which curled keepers are adapted to re-- ceive the weather edges ofcomposition shingles in such manner that the sharp points thereof willbe impressed into the shingles.

2. A roofing nail embodying a plurality of shanks, each of which isprovided with a plurality of integral upwardly and outwardly extendingtapering spurs, a head integral with each shank, a web integral withadjacent heads and extending therebetween to maintain the shanks inparallel relation, an arm integral with each head and extendinglaterally thereof, and a curled keeper integral with the free end ofeach arm and terminating in a relative- 1y sharp point, each ofWhichcurled keepers is adapted to receive the weather edge of acomposition shingle in such manner that the sharp point thereof will beimpressed into the shingle.

3. A roofing nail embodying a plurality of parallel shanks, a headassociated with each shank, a web connecting adjacent heads and integraltherewith for maintaining the shanks in parallel relation, armsextending from the respective heads and in substantially perpendicularrelation to the respective shanks, and a curled keeper integral witheach arm and terminating in a relatively sharp point, which curledkeepers are adapted to receive the weather edges of composition shinglesin such manner that the sharp points thereof'will be impressed intotheshingles.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

HARRY H. HONIGBAUM.

